GUESTS:
TOPICS:
DID YOU EAT THE HARD BOILED EGGS ?
MLB:
-BASEBALL WAS FUN FOR A NIGHT --
-HARPER IS A ROCK STAR, A SEAT FILLER THats why THE GIANTS WANT HIM
-NBA DOES SUCH A BETTER JOB
-IM WATCHING BIILL NYE THE SCIENCE GUY IN THE SOFTBALL GAME--WOULD THE NBA EVER HAVE BILL NYE? GET WITH IT
TROUT IS THE BEST BASEBALL PLAYER OF OUR GENERATION BUT HE'S NOT A STAR:
IT'S NOT LEGNTH OF GAMES OR TO DH OR NOT---IT'S MARKETING OF PLAYERS WHICH THE NBA DOES AND MLB DOES NOT --SEE HARPER --LET THEM HAVE FUN!
In general, baseball does not do as good a job as other major sports in the U.S. as far as promoting their stars nationwide, especially compared to NFL and NBA,” said Henry Schafer, the executive vice president of Q Scores, a firm that measures consumer appeal of personalities. “He’s basically not a well-known commodity among the general population.”
Trout scored a 22 in Q Scores’ awareness category, Schafer said, which means a little more than one in five Americans even know who he is. The closest NBA player to Trout in terms of awareness among the general population, per Q Scores’s research, is reserve forward Kenneth Faried, who was traded by the Denver Nuggets to the Brooklyn Nets last week in a salary dump. If that’s to be believed, it means that if you stopped a random person on the street, they’d be about as likely to be familiar with a power forward who averaged 14.4 minutes last season as the hands-down best baseball player on the planet.
Attendance is down since last year for 21 of 30 teams, and the average crowd count could drop below 30,000 for the first time since 2003. Perhaps there’s not enough action for fans because of spikes in the three true outcomes: homers, strikeouts, walks.
DH TALK: MANFRED SAYS IT'S STATUS QUO --TONY CLARK SAYS IT'S TRENDING DH
JOHN SHEA:
Three early leaders for National League awards
1. MVP: Freddie Freeman, Braves.
2. Cy Young: deGrom, Mets.
3. Manager of the Year: Brian Snitker, Braves.
Three early leaders for American League awards
1. MVP: Mookie Betts, Red Sox.
2. Cy Young: Justin Verlander, Astros.
3. Manager of the Year: Bob Melvin, A’s.
GIANTS:
Giants Analytics: Trade deadline needs and realistic targets (Matt Harvey? Zach Britton?)
-MACHADO TO THE DODGERS-----PLAYING FOR THE WILD CARD?
MORE LIKELY A PLAYOFF TEAM A'S OR GIANTS?
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All-Star Blake Treinen on playoff race: ‘Why not the Oakland A’s?’ -- they went 21-6 while the Mariners went 13-14. Here's what All-Stars from both teams are saying: sfchronicle.com/athletics/arti…
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DO FANS BUY THE WE WANT TO STAY UNDER TALK OR PISSED THEY WON'T SPEND? I KNOW KRUGER AND SALTY DON'T BUY IT
-GIANTS: BETTER, WORSE, OR WHAT YOU THOUGHT?
-MANFRED SUGGESTED THEY WERE GOING TO LOOK AT LIMITING THE SHIFT AGAIN ---UGHH...
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Rob Manfred on shifts: "I think there is a growing consensus that we need to have a serious conversation about ... whether those organic changes are good for the game."
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Tony Clark, head of the baseball players union, says the notion of a designated hitter in both leagues is “gaining momentum” among players.
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NEW MEDIA COLUMN: What if MLB scheduled a skills competition featuring the fastest pitch, hardest throws and a speed competition as part of All Star Week? I spoke to sports TV people about how it might work:
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NFL:
Cardinals suspended GM Steve Keim for five weeks and fined him $200,000 for pleading guilty to extreme DUI.
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With his Steelers' career expected to come to an end after this season, Le'Veon Bell should be the marquee free agent in the Class of 2019.
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TOO BAD ALDON COULSNT DO THIS:
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OTHER:
WEENIE ROAST
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Semi-trailer truck transporting hot dogs goes up in flames on Nebraska highway palmbeachpost.com/news/national/…
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GUY CALLS COPS AFTER HARD FOUL:
https://www.si.com/more-sports/2018/07/17/man-calls-cops-after-hard-foul-pickup-game?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=sinow&xid=socialflow_twitter_si
THIS GUY WILL EAT ANYTHING ON CAMERA--WEIRDEST THING YOU EVER ATE?
https://munchies.vice.com/en_uk/article/ywkvdk/this-man-will-eat-anything-you-request-reddit?utm_source=munchiestwitterus
WHAT?
MGM Resorts International sues more than 1,000 victims from Las Vegas mass shooting, denying any liability
MGM Resorts International claimed in a new lawsuit that it has no liability in any of the injuries or deaths in the October mass shooting in Las Vegas.
The company, which owns Mandalay Bay and the Route 91 Harvest festival venue, argued that its security vendor took all necessary precautions, approved by the Department of Homeland Security, for “protecting against and responding to acts of mass injury and destruction,” according to the suit acquired by the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
MGM sued more than 1,000 victims of the shooting.
“I’ve never seen a more outrageous thing, where they sue the victims in an effort to find a judge they like,” attorney Robert Eglet, who represents some of the victims, told the Review-Journal, accusing MGM of “judge-shopping” in federal court, rather than state court where he believes any lawsuits should be filed. “It’s just really sad that they would stoop to this level.”
Stephen Paddock, 64, opened fire from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel into the crowd at the Route 91 Harvest music festival on Oct. 1, killing 58 people and leaving more than 850 injured.
Fifty-eight people were killed on Oct. 1 when Stephen Paddock opened fire from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel. (AFP Contributor / AFP/Getty Images)
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Requests included ketchup, beef jerky, and paper towels. bit.ly/2zL3h1c
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